What is the Next e-Reader You Intend on Purchasing?

The holiday season is right around the corner and there have been a number of notable new e-readers that have been released in 2015. There are two specific models that have not been announced yet, but its expected a second generation Kindle Voyage and the Nook Glowlight Plus will be revealed sometime this month. We asked the question, what is the next e-reader you will buy and the data is very interesting.

Two weeks ago 582 people weighed in and voted on what e-reader is most appealing. The runaway winner by a wide margin is the second generation Kindle Voyage. It got 45.8% of the vote, which once again proves that Amazon has the best build quality when it comes to design and the Kindle bookstore is the destination of choice.

In a distant second position with 15.64% of the overall vote is the Barnes and Noble Nook Glowlight Plus. This e-reader attained FCC certification last month and the product listing was accidentally leaked a week ago. We broke the story earlier on in the year that Barnes and Noble was actively developing a new reader and the design was outsourced to Netronix. Barnes and Noble loyalists have been waiting with bated breath for a new reader, since the last one the bookseller released was in 2013.

The Kobo Glo HD was originally released earlier in the year and this e-reader is in 3rd place with 11.51% of the vote. This e-reader is being billed as a Kindle Voyage killer, since it has the exact same specs and only costs $129. It is quite surprising that this e-reader has proven to be quite popular with voters, but the Kobo Touch 2.0 that came out last month only captured 2.92% of peoples interest.

Michael Kozlowski is the Editor in Chief of Good e-Reader. He has been writing about audiobooks and e-readers for the past ten years. His articles have been picked up by major and local news sources and websites such as the CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and Verge.

For me, the answer would be “the next stable and open 8.5×11 device”. (Sony is limited to PDFs and is rumored not that stable, Pocketbook CAD has yet to show up, at least in Canada, and there’s no 3rd option.)

Amazon has another thing going and that is to offer to sell the ereader in 5 installments (no interest). Not only that, but they send it already configured with your account if you so desire. I picked up the Paperwhite 3 that way.

Imprevist

That is a great option, however if for whatever reason you return the device, the installment plans keep coming and are an absolute nightmare to stop.

Albert

You base this on what?

Imprevist

Personal experience of course.

Albert

Not doubting your experience, it is hard to see why it would be an issue stopping payment. Either speak with Amazon, and if not, the credit card company. In my personal case, returning it would be harder than that since I live in Brazil, but short of an outright defective unit, I have no such plan.

Imprevist

Don’t get me wrong its a great deal if it works out for you, all I’m saying is that don’t plan on returning it because if you have any issues the installment plan is a pain to deal with.
Amazon has great customer service but the employees are not the brightest people to deal with, I have gone back and forth numerous times for the past 3 months trying to stop the installment plan and it just keeps on coming.

Albert

Ok, fair enough. My experience has been different. I once used the trial for Prime, and forgot to actually cancel, not planning on using it once it became clear I could not stream anything from here. I noticed a month later in my bank statement, and called up Amazon. They cancelled it, seeing I had made no use of the service’s perks after the trial had ended, and issued me a refund that hit my account the next day.

Rez

I can’t wait to buy Voyage 2. Michael (and everyone else), how likely would it be for Amazon to bring back audio to Kindle Voyage 2? or at least a darn headphone jack!
I really hope they get rid of origami form-factor on the back and resort to plain and simple Paperwhite backplate.

Daws

I’m ready for the Voyage 2. Hopefully it offers a noticeable speed/responsiveness boost over the Paperwhite 1. Mine feels sluggish and tends to freeze up at annoying times (just turn the page!).

Jacob Pressures

Well i hope next month, November, will look better than this month! Just 4 more days left! But i won’t be unhappy if it came October 30 or 31. 🙂